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ἐπιλαμβάνομαι

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaἐπιλαμβάνομαι
Citation formἐπιλαμβάνομαι
Part of speechverb
GlossI seize, take hold of
Strong’sG1949
Transliterationepilambánomai
Definitionto seize (for help, injury, attainment, or any other purpose; literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses:--catch, lay hold (up-)on, take (by, hold of, on).
Derivationmiddle voice from and
SBLGNT occurrences18

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἐπελάβετο
verb, third person, aorist, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AMI-S--) — Matthew 14:31
verb, third person, aorist, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AMI-S--) — Acts 21:33
ἐπιλαβέσθαι
verb, aorist, middle, infinitive (MorphGNT -AMN----) — Luke 20:26
ἐπιλαβόμενοι
verb, aorist, middle, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -AMPNPM-) — Luke 23:26
verb, aorist, middle, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -AMPNPM-) — Acts 16:19
verb, aorist, middle, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -AMPNPM-) — Acts 18:17
verb, aorist, middle, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -AMPNPM-) — Acts 21:30
ἐπιλαβόμενοί
verb, aorist, middle, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -AMPNPM-) — Acts 17:19
ἐπιλαβόμενος
verb, aorist, middle, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -AMPNSM-) — Mark 8:23
verb, aorist, middle, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -AMPNSM-) — Luke 14:4
verb, aorist, middle, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -AMPNSM-) — Luke 9:47
verb, aorist, middle, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -AMPNSM-) — Acts 23:19
verb, aorist, middle, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -AMPNSM-) — Acts 9:27
ἐπιλαβομένου
verb, aorist, middle, participle, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -AMPGSM-) — Hebrews 8:9
ἐπιλαβοῦ
verb, second person, aorist, middle, singular (MorphGNT 2AMD-S--) — 1 Timothy 6:12
ἐπιλάβωνται
verb, third person, aorist, middle, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 3AMS-P--) — Luke 20:20
verb, third person, aorist, middle, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 3AMS-P--) — 1 Timothy 6:19
ἐπιλαμβάνεται
verb, third person, present, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PMI-S--) — Hebrews 2:16

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: επιλαμβανομαι.